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Li Zicheng took his soldiers to the earthen embankment to the west and sent someone to call Liu Zongmin over. He now has a shadow, and he doesn't dare to lean too close to the city wall, especially when the opponent is Li Yan, who has a long range of artillery. The earthen embankment is seven or eight miles away from the city wall, and it can stand higher, so it is naturally a good choice.

Liu Zongmin rode over and complained: "Zicheng, why did you get here, it's too far from the front." ”

"It's so high that you can see it clearly." Li Zicheng explained with a smile.

Liu Zongmin pointed to the battlefield in front of him, and said in a very impulsive tone: "It's the same everywhere, it's all foggy, and you can't see anything clearly!" ”

Li Zicheng ignored Liu Zongmin's complaints and asked, "How many people have entered?" ”

"Who knows!" Liu Zongmin said with some excitement: "Look ahead, what did Li Yan blow up in the thirty or forty steps before the passage?!" If you want to rush through the moat, you have to rush through that place, and God knows how many people can get in! ”

"Can't you make another passage?" Li Zicheng was finally annoyed by Liu Zongmin's complaints, and said dissatisfied.

Liu Zongmin said dissatisfiedly: "How can I have so many people! It's been filled with more than 10,000 people! You're going to send me 5,000 men, what's the use?! Let He Jin and them come up, my people have already been killed and injured more than 30%, and if they continue to fight, they will rebel! ”

"You let them fight this kind of battle, isn't this forcing them to go?!" Li Zicheng was also dissatisfied and said loudly.

Liu Zongmin didn't look at Li Zicheng, and walked back and forth angrily for a few steps before saying, "Then you send someone!" ”

Li Zicheng had to soften his tone and explained: "There are no people now, and the other three sides are fighting so fiercely, and Li Yan's mobilization has not been mobilized, but some people have been transferred from the eastern city wall." The rest of the people will take your place after Li Yan's counterattack stops. Then you will be able to rest until the city is broken. ”

"No way!" Liu Zongmin refused: "You go to the front and take a look, no one in my people is willing to rush forward." They're not the outcasts who can be forced up with knives. ”

Li Zicheng stared at Liu Zongmin and roared in a low voice: "What's the matter with you?!" That's it! After laying Kaifeng City, what do you want and can't get it?! Don't say tens of thousands of soldiers, even 100,000, 200,000 can be trained again! ”

"It's not that I don't want to fight, it's that my brothers can't fight!" Liu Zongmin roared: "Without our brothers, we are nothing!" ”

Li Zicheng thought for a while, and finally said, "Okay, I'll let Shi Jincai's people go up now." ”

At this time, Li Yan's artillery team was also in place, and began to fire projectiles at the thieves in the middle at various positions. Although they are all one-inch to two-inch projectiles, they all use Li Yan's new gunpowder, and the range has increased a lot, so the killing and damage to the thieves is not weak. Moreover, the projectiles are all iron, although the gap between the projectile and the barrel is relatively large, but after reporting a layer of linen, the breath-holding effect of the projectile can be better.

The projectile flew out, shattering the shield on the rogue periphery, and the kinetic energy could only be consumed after penetrating a few people in the crowd of the rogues. Every projectile that goes out can make a bloody path in the crowd of thieves, causing six or seven casualties to the thieves. Coupled with the attacks of these weapons such as muskets, crossbow arrows, and flowering shells from tiger squat cannons, the number of rogues rushing into the moat is decreasing dramatically.

"Dig now!" One of the leaders watched as people kept falling, and commanded in a trembling voice.

Several of his men took turns with hoes and shovels, digging hard in the third position he had designated. As soon as they dug up, they knew they were digging in the right place, and the soil here was noticeably looser.

"That's right, it's right this time!" The subordinates shouted happily.

The leader roared angrily: "What's the matter, hurry up! Didn't see so many people dead?! ”

One of his subordinates dug and said, "What if you dig it up?" Aren't you going to put gunpowder in it? I don't know how many people will die. ”

"It doesn't matter what we do, as long as we live." Another answered: "If the general hadn't lost an eye, he wouldn't have always thought about opening the lockdown." ”

The leader, who was half-kneeling on the ground digging the earth, scolded: "Shut up! Get to work! As soon as he finished speaking, a cannonball flew over, passed through the gap between the two men, and hit him directly.

The projectile had already passed through the bodies of several people, and there was not much strength left for him, but it still dented the armor on his chest. The leader lay on the ground, gulping and spitting blood, unable to say anything.

Several of his men were all lying on the ground in horror, not daring to stand up and dig any longer. I don't know when they learned to lie down and dodge projectiles, but it worked.

The thieves who had broken into the moat finally lost the confidence to hold on, and they turned and fled in the direction they came. They would rather rush into the gap blocked by countless projectiles once more than hold on where they were. They knew that they could still break through the gap, just as they did when they rushed in. But if you continue to stay here, you can only end up. Because the officers and troops have already begun to advance, the encirclement has been narrowed.

Li Yan watched the movements of the thieves at the head of the city, and found that a team had driven over, and knew that the thieves had increased their troops again.

"Is the Tiger Squat Cannon from the north coming?" Li Yan asked Sun Sifu.

"It should be coming soon."

Li Yan instructed: "Let Wang Renjie take out a few tiger squat cannons and take care of the new thief." There is still a queue, so let's beat their morale first. ”

Sun Sifu quickly asked people to pass the order, and when he came back, he whispered: "Is this Shi Jincai's team, there are not many thieves who can line up." ”

"Whoever he is, as long as it's an enemy, just defeat them." Li Yan said lightly.

At this time, Liu Zongmin's troops began to retreat, and Shi Jincai's troops were ready to rush inside. Shi Jincai looked at the position of the gap in the smoke and dust, and he knew that in the smoke and dust were countless flying projectiles. Although he was scared in his heart, he did not dare to disobey the strict orders of Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin.

"First team, rush in! The second team prepares. Shi Jincai ordered. He is also the same as Li Yan, with a team of thirty people.

The soldiers of the first team hesitated and did not move. Shi Jincai ordered loudly: "The pro-soldier team prepares, if you don't cower, shoot immediately!" ”

His own troops immediately stood in a line at the back of the line, raised their crossbow arrows, and aimed them at the backs of the first group of soldiers.

The soldiers had no choice but to shout and rush towards the gap thirty paces away with the sound of explosions. They had just rushed into the smoke of the explosion, but they accidentally collided with people in the dark. Both of them had the opportunity to rush through the blast area quickly, but they were blocked by the people who collided with them, and their casualties suddenly increased.